THE HAND OF GOD IBD

Sinopsis

A fictionalized retelling of theáFloridaáChillingworth murders.Bobby Lincoln, a young African American, seems to always be broke. He works a day job at a sugar mill and weekends on a charter boat, but he gambles it away, then borrows money to live on.After his common-law wife says sheâÇÖs going to leave him if he doesnâÇÖt start making more money, he agrees to take part in a murder which goes horribly wrong.Once he and his accomplice have the victims on a boat taking them out to sea to murder them, he recognizes one as an old family friend and wants out of the murders.His accomplice says itâÇÖs too late to back out and heâÇÖs in 'too deep now.' To relieve his frustration, Bobby takes part in the murders.After he collects the $2,500 he was promised, Bobby starts feeling guilty, canâÇÖt sleep, takes to drink, sees ghosts and finally confesses to his mother. His mother has him arrested.In jail charged with murder, Bobby realizes he has to change.ááWith the help of Bags, a knowledgeable inmate who delivers books to other prisoners, he undertakes to self-educate himself and begins reading books about anything and everything.áDays before he goes to trial, the DA calls him to his office to make a deal. If Bobby will testify against the main perpetrator and cooperate with the investigation and trial, he will let Bobby go free.Bobby agrees and, over the next six months, he works with the DA, all the while still reading books and asking life questions of Bags. They get the main perpetrator convicted.But BobbyâÇÖs problems arenâÇÖt over.áWhile investigating and convicting the main perpetrator, the DA has discovered that a local group of bootleggers were involvedáin the killings. He moves to arrest the main players in the bootleggingáoperation.When that happens, the bootleggers send their assassins to kill Bobby. When they canâÇÖt find him, they kill his mother.áNow Bobby has to avenge the murder of his mother.When the assassins come for Bobby, he hides in a church.áWill Bobby survive? Or will he become another victim of the bootleggers?A gripping tale of murder, redemption and the search for God.á á